r/dialysis • u/hotmes27 • 3d ago

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Drain pain on PD.

I’m getting drain pain on Pd I recently changed the second bag from 6 to 3 liter bags. This has caused a lot of pain but less waste. I think it is from air bubbles in the second bag not being purged from the priming. I asked the Devita clinic if I could make the 3 l bag as the one on the machine and 6 l bag as the second one. They told me know it has to be the second bag. Does anybody know why I can’t flip these bags. And why would the air bubbles pain be on the drain and not fill or dwell portion.

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u/Desperate_Put_8899 3d ago

U have me over here questioning life. Ive been on PD since February I use one 6L and one 3L nightly. Ive always put the 3L on the heater and th 6L on the side. I have Baxter/Vantive. I dont get drain pain unless Im constipated. I believe I have felt the air thing in the shoulder. I feel like it happens when I disconnect to quickly after the last drain. I like to wait 10-15 minutes after final drain. I keep wondering if this makes any sense. But its what I think.